Automobile door



Oct. 6, 1936. w. L. MORRISON 2,056,202

AUTOMOBILE DOOR Filed May 13, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet l v lllllllllll-lll-Oct. 6, 1936. w. MORRISON AUTOMOBILE DOOR Filed May 15, 1933 5Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 6, 1936. w. MORRISON AUTOMOBILE DOOR Filed May 13,1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 llll I Oct. 6, 1936. w. L; MORRISON AUTOMOBILEDOOR Filed May 15, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Oct. 6, 1936. w MORRISON2,056,202

AUTOMOBILE DOOR Filed May 15, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Get. 6,l93fi ill; Claim.

This invention relates to automobile doors and has for its object toprovide a new and improved door of this description. The invention hasas a further object to provide an automobile door which shall be lightand cheap in construction, and yet strong and durable. The invention hasas a further object to provide an automobile door which has a singlewall,-which is the outer wall. The invention has as a further object toprovide an automobile door with windows which are inclined with relationto the vertical. The invention has as a further object to provide anautomobile door with an arm rest thereon and a receiving hollow spaceinto which is received l5 a seat portion for lengthening the seat of thevehicle. The invention has as a further object to provide an automobiledoor having acontinuously curved outer face. The invention has as afurther object to provide an automobile door having a receptacle withrigid sides and closing element, the whole forming a part of the door.The invention has other objects which are more particularly pointed outin the accompanying description.

Referring now to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view of one form ofautomobile embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the inside of the upper end of the door andassociated parts;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4--4 of I Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of 35 Fig. 6 is aperspective view showing the inner face of the door;

Fig. '7 is an inside view of a portion of the door with parts brokenaway; with seat lifted;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 88 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line ld-lt of Fig. 6;

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on line i l-l I of Fig. 6;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged view of the end of Fig. 8;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged view of the end of Fig. 9;

Fig. 14 is an enlarged view of the end of Fig. 10;

Fig. 15 is an enlarged view of the lower end of the door showing thetool box;

Fig. 16 is an enlarged view of the end of Fig. 11;

Fig. 17 is a sectional view taken on line ilk-ll of Fig. 13;

' Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken on line lt-lt of Fig. 4;

Fig. 19 is a sectional view taken on line 29-49 a of Fig. 4;

Fig. 20 is a view showing a portion of the reinforcement below thewindow;

Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken on line 2 l-2l of Fig. 20;

Fig. 22 is'a sectional view taken on line 22-22 of Fig. 21.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown an automobile l with thefront doors 2 having the window sections 3 and 4 which are arranged asair deflecting window sections or ventilating window sections. There isalso a rear door 5 with the window sections 6 and I. My presentinvention relates particularly to the door construction, and I haveillustrated it particularly with relation to the front doors 2. Thewindow construction may be of any kind desired, and I have notillustrated it in detail.

I prefer to provide the window construction of a ventilating type,wherein the deflector section 3 is pivoted in its frame at a point nearthe front, and the deflector section 4 is pivoted in its frame at apoint near its rear so that they may be moved about their pivotal pointsto various'inclined positions to secure the proper ventilation withoutdraft. But the particular construction of the window or deflectorsections is no part of the present invention.

The door 2 hasa single wall 8 with a window opening at the top thereofand this is a curved outer wall, the middle portion of the door bulgingout beyond the top and bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The windowsections 3 and 4 are in-. clined to the vertical, the upper edge beinginclined inwardly and the lower edge outwardly, as clearly shown in Fig.5, and this prevents glare and reflection in the eyes of the driver. Thewall 8 may extend from the bottom of the door up along the sides of thetop. In the middle portion of the door below the window the wall extendsonly up to the bottom of the window. This wall, at the window edge, maybe arranged in any desired manner, and I have shown one form forpurposes of illustration, in which the upper end. .9 of the wall is bentaround a strengthening member ill, see Fig. 18, which may be of anydesired shape or form and which, for purposes of illustration, I haveshown as tubular. j

The garnish moulding ii on the inside is also bent around and has itsend l2 overlapping or connecting with the end 9 of the outer wall so asto form a closed reveal. The garnish moulding may be held in place bythe fastening devices l3 which engage the strengthening member I0, seeFig. 18.

In Fig. 19 I have illlustrated the front deflector section 3, showingits pivotal connections.

At the top it is provided with a pivot l4, and at the bottom with thepivot I5. This pivot is preferably of the friction type, which causes a,friction on the parts so that the deflector section will be held in anyof its various positions. These pivots hold the deflector sections inplace.

Above the window the outer wall 8a,is bent inwardly and is connectedwith the garnish moulding Ila. The packing material I6 is attached tothe wall of the window opening, as shown in Figs. 18 and 19, so that asealed joint is secured. The door is preferably provided with apluraltiy of strengthening members, one of them being the strengtheningmember l0. Below the strengthening member ID is an arm rest H, which isalso a strengthening member, and which is in position for the driver torest his elbow or arm while driving. This arm rest, in addition to beingan arm rest and a strengthening member, may also be made hollow so as toreceive the distant control member I8 for the lock bolt l9, there beinga handle 20 connected with the member I8 and which projects on theinside of the door. This armrest may also receive the door check.

At the bottom of the door is a tool box 2|. A

portion of the lid 22 of the tool box acts as an extension of the seat23, see Figs. 5 and 6. This seat extension portion 22 is pivoted at 24so that it may be lifted up to the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 5 for access to the tool box. The remaining portion of the tool boxmay also be provided with the lid portion 25. This tool box acts as astrengthening member for the door.

It will be seen that by means of this construction there is provided adoor having only a single wall. That this door has strengthening memberswhich, in addition to being strengthening members, have other functions.That the door has a curved outer wall which bulges out near the middle,and this gives a space for the seat extension, the seat extensionprojecting into this space. The door has the frame members 26 and 21 andthe wall is on the outside or at the outer edge of these frame members,and the arm rest, tool box and strengthenffig members connect with theseframemembers and with the outer wall 8.

It is usual for doors to have an inner wall and an outer wall with aspace in between them, but it will be noted that this door has only theouter wall and that the space in the door below the window opening opensinto the automobile. I have shown this outer wall for purposes ofillustration as made in a certain way, but it is of course evident thatit may be made in other ways than that shown and may be a built up wallinstead of a single piece wall, the important thing being that it shallbe an outer wall, leaving a space in the door below the window openingwhich opens into the automobile.

One of the important features of this invention is that it permits theuse of an inclined window at the top of the wall or door so as toprevent the glare, due to the reflection of light, from affecting theeyes of the driver or the occupants, also giving a better view, and atthe same time the window can be opened and closed as desired.

It will further be noted that in this construction the window openinghas the glass mounted in it and that this glass is inclined withrelation to the outer Wall of the door so that the plane of the glasspasses through the outer wall of the door at a distance below the loweredge of the window opening which is less than the height of the glass.

I claim:

1. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, and an arm rest extending across said wall below said windowopening, said arm rest connecting with said framemembers.

2. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a 'wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, an arm rest extending across said wall below said window opening,said arm rest connecting with said frame members and being provided witha receiving space, a lock on the door, and a distant control member forthe lock in said receiving space.

3. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, an outer wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, substantially the entire bottom of the door being recessed, and abox intermediate said frame members, and filling part of said recessedportion of said door between said frame members and said outer wall andacting as a strengthening member for the door.

4. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, a box extending across the inner face of said wall, and a seatextension forming a cover for said box. 7

' 5. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, a box extending across the inner face of said wall, and a seatextension forming a cover for said box, said seat extension pivotallyconnected with said wall.

6. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, and a. separate seat extension connected with said wall andadapted, when the door is closed, to form an extension to the automobileseat.

7. An automobile door comprising separated frame members, a wallconnecting with said frame members, a window opening at the top of saidwall, an arm rest, and a box in said door connecting with said framemembers and acting also as strengthening members, said box beingprovided at its top with means of access to the interior thereofprojecting into the hollow of the door.

8. An automobile comprising an outer wall made of a sheet of metalprovided with a window opening, the metal of said outer wall having aninwardly bent portion at the bottom of the window opening, to providethe lower reveal for the window opening, a window pivotally mounted inposition in said window opening, said inwardly bent portion of the outerwall extending under the window to provide a closed reveal beneath thewindow, a hollow strengthening member under said bent portion, the pivotfor said window projecting into said hollow strengthening member.

9. An automobile comprising an outer wall made of a sheet of metalprovided with a window opening the metal of said. outer wall having aninwardly bent portion at the bottom of the window opening, to providethe lower reveal for the window opening, a window pivotally mounted inposition in said window opening, said inwardly bent portion of the outerwall extending under the window to provide a closed reveal beneath thewindow and a flexible sealing device between the bottom face of saidwindow and the bent portion of said outer wall under the window so thatthe window can be moved about its pivot without obstruction by saidsealing device.

10. An automobile comprising an outer wall made of a sheet of metalprovided with a window opening the metal of said outer wall having aninwardly bent portion at the bottom of the window opening, to providethe lower reveal for the window opening, a window pivotally mounted inposition in said window opening, said inwardly bent portion of the outerwall extending under the window to provide a closed reveal beneath thewindow and a garnish moulding around the interior of the window opening,the-garnish moulding having a bent portion which overlaps the bentportion of the outer wall which extends under the window and a sealingdevice beneath the window which engages said inwardly bent portion ofsaid outer wall and garnish moulding.

-11. An automobile comprising an outer wall made of a sheet of metalprovided with a window opening, the metal of said outer wall havinginwardly bent portions at the bottom, top and sides of the windowopening to provide the reveals for the window opening, a windowpivotally mounted in position in said window opening, the inwardly bentportion of the outer wall extending across the bottom, top and sideedges of the window to provide closed reveals entirely around thewindow, a hollow strengthening member under the bent portion of theouter wall atthe bottom of the window, the pivot of the windowprojecting through the inwardly bent portion of the outer wall extendingacross the bottom and through the strengthening member into the hollowthereof.

WILLARD L. MORRISON.

